| Callirhytis carmelensis | |
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| Pacifica, California, September 2023 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Cynipidae |
| Genus: | Callirhytis |
| Species: | C. carmelensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Callirhytis carmelensis (Weld, 1922) | |
Callirhytis carmelensis, formerly Andricus carmelensis, the mottled acorn gall wasp, is a species of hymenopteran that induces galls on the acorns of coast live oaks and interior live oaks in California in North America. [1] [2] The purple or spotted green gall forms where the acorn attaches to the tree and often prevents normal development of the nut. [2] The gall also produces a honeydew secretion that is attractive to other insects. [2] This wasp is generally considered uncommon. [2]
